NEED TO KNOW

■ CHRIS WILTSHIRE visited France with Eurostar, who offer fares from St Pancras International to Calais-Frethun from £29 one way. See eurostar. com/uk. Rooms at the Najeti Hotel du Golf cost from £78 at golf.najeti.fr/en

■ Pleasure flights for two from Saint-Omer airfield cost from £71 at www.acsto.fr while The Douglas Bader tour is £7 booked through mannedup. com. Entry to La Coupole and Blackhaus d’Eperlecques is £8.80. See lacoupole-france. co.uk

■ For more information, visit tourisme-saintomer.com